Dental Work are an extreme underground noise collective started by Jay Watson in 2007. They’re presently a trio consisting of Watson, Justin Lee Smith and Sean Barry, and they describe themselves as a “sound and mind obliteration unit“, taking in elements of noise, psychedelic, breakcore, industrial, screwed & chopped and musique concrete. - The Wire Magazine

Currently booking October 2016 Japanese tour! Contact: placentarecordings@gmail.com

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Dental Work BDAY shows - Detroit 11/29 + Traverse City 11/30!!!

Join the best Friday night party in DETROIT.
CITY CLUB RELOADED every Friday.
Two rooms of performers with the best DJ's and bands in the "D".
Main Room: Industrial/Goth
Coat Check: Electronic/IDM
and Strolling Live performances

Kalamazoo's Inflatable Best Friend make the trek Up North once again to share the stage with Dental Work TC edition BDAY Show!!! An evening of avant garde rock n' roll and visuals at Studio Anatomy Hoping to see all of my BENZIE/TRAVERSE CITY FRIENDS/FAM at this show!!! V.I.P. AFTER PARTY @ SECRET LOCATION to follow! (hit me up for details)

"Dental Work are an extreme underground noise collective started by Jay Watson in 2007. They’re presently a trio consisting of Watson, Justin Lee Smith and Sean Barry, and they describe themselves as a “sound and mind obliteration unit“, taking in elements of noise, psychedelic, breakcore, industrial, screwed & chopped and musique concrete." - The Wire

Jay Watson is the host of his annual “Mental Spaghetti” ,“Halloweenis”, and “Birthday Noise”, festivals, with the help of the placenta family. They are true explorations of the psyche, with a barrage of the senses approach to life, love, sound, community, and visualizations….

You can currently read reviews of Dental Work/Placenta Recordings albums in: Big Whoop! Zine Issue 3, Kulturterrorismus.de, Feindesland.de, Indieville.com, and Heathen Harvest Issue 62 & 63, Vital Weekly, Ratskin Records, and more.....Cock E.S.P.’s album “Historia De La Musica Cock” is reviewed in Decibel Magazine #81 and DARKROOM (Italy), Placenta Recordings was named Label Of The Month in Decibel Magazine #85! Decibel also featured a review of Black Mayonnaise’s 2011 PR releease! There have been multiple new reviews also in The Big Takeover, Kulturterrorismus, Vital Weekly, Brain Rape Fanzine, and Blow Up Magazine. Placenta Recordings was recently featured in a ¾ page article called “Debutants Ball” in Decibel Magazine #95! Followed by the feautured artist/label as Dental Work and Placenta Recordings with an interview of Carolyn Watson about the label in the "Metal Muthas" column in issue #108 of Decibel Magazine.

There is a 2009 Dental Work interview (in Russian) @ noisevomit.blogspot.com ,There is a 2010 Dental Work interview @ graveconcernsezine.com, There is a 2010 Dental Work interview@ cherryblossomdog.blogspot.com, there is a 2011 interview @ finaltraumarecordings.wordpress.com, There is a 2012 Dental Work interview @ kulturterrorismus.com

In 2010 I started making/releasing films on Placenta Recordings, starting with Adam Cooley of Scissor Shock’s “The No Trilogy” DVD-R, followed by Dental Work’s “Mental Pork” and “Christmas Karma” DVD-R films. I have been featured in other films such as “Something For The Rest Of Us”, “WZRD FM’s 35th Anniversary Concert DVD”, “Live @ Crown Tap - Chicago, IL 4/14/11”, and a few others that haven’t been officially released yet. I am proud to announce the release of my full length feature documentary I shot during my 2011 U.S. tour, called “Dental Work - K Chai Flan And Z Lysergic Supremas 2011 Tour Document”. This is available on Placenta Recordings as a factory pressed, store ready DVD with options to make it a gnarly box set! We are going to be putting a lot of focus into filth/sleaze/trash/lo-fi/sci-fi/scum/reality/humiliation/noise/art/experimental films in 2012, if you are interested in working with me, please send your information to: placentarecordings@gmail.com

I also make books and magazines. I am the author of “The Pterodactyl Drug, Gift, and Vitamin Whore House” a graphic novel/soundtrack combo package, and I am also behind the ‘zines: “Anxious Tadpole”, “Snitch Carnitas Russian Imports”, and “Harem”.

If you are a record label and are interested in releasing my work or want my music on a compilation, or if you are a director and want my music in a film, If you are a venue owner and would like to organize an event, If you are a band/artist and are interested in being on a compilation, doing a split or a release, or want me to design you an album cover, or a curious soul who wants to order some weird ass music, message me or email me @ placentarecordings@gmail.com

Notable Quotes/Reviews/Analysis:

"Dental Work has been compared to a kitty litter infested heated noise garbage dump with a continuous shamanistic television playing psuedo-religious and italian rape scenes; A sonic chastity blast/flask is administered just before you are served a massive poisoned rat dumpling to aid in mental re-construction. You must wash the canals of your spaghetti-like brain matter in preperation for Dental Work's mechanical pigeon dildo seance. High pressure delayed Ouija board manipulations merged with lo-fi , ritualistic AM radio telepathy, unhealthy turntable modification and an array of urethra knives conveniently located within the anal salsa of humanity."

- Jay Watson, Anxious Tadpole (Dec 01, 2010)

"Fearsome barrage of power electronics, tape manipulations, and non-rhythmic noise. Dental Work is Jay Watson who has released an avalanche of similarly harsh noise cassettes and CDs on his own Placenta record label and noise festivals across the country. Put it in your headphones, turn it up, and contemplate your next visit to the tooth doctor."

- Matt Ludwig, Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM (Oct 15, 2010)

“Jay Watson. One of the most motivated productive people I know. Come see what noise music is all about. With seriously near a hundred releases and splits Dental Work annihilates sound and devastates everything.”

-Tooth_Eye - Chicago, IL May 2011

"I highly recommend Dental Work. His live sets tend to be the one of best and most fun mixes I've heard of noise, breakcore, and pop cutups - standing in good stead with acts like Lil' Mack, Solypsis and Princess Army Wedding Combat."

- Chris Monica, Yatagarasu (Jan 13, 2011)

"Paint gets torn off walls, autoharps get broken, breakcore gets reinvented, a whip gets cracked and someone flies a plane into the room. The drone of Marlo Eggplant meets the noisy digital hardcore of Dental Work. One long piece in 5 movements."

- Valerie Park, Ms Valerie Park Distro

“Jay is a great guy, very friendly and easy to work with. He sent me some Placenta stuff, including DENTAL WORK who are excellent... and he got very interested in my band for whatever reason (I have no idea why people like the stuff I do), and he wanted to work with me for a while but I played hard-to-get, as I usually do with labels for a bit. Haha. But yeah, I decided to do a clearing-of-the-vaults album and throw together all these weird rarities from the past 5 years. He did a great job on putting that release together, and I think it's a good album for people just getting into Scissor Shock and also, strangely, since every song sounds SO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, it also may be one of the weirdest albums ever made. It sounds like 20 different bands, really. Anyway... I plan on putting out the next full length through him if he wants me to. It's up to him.”

-Adam Cooley (Scissor Shock) During a June 2010 interview with Indieville.com

"Blast hiss to throat hop oscillator of broken drilling turntable corn stalk ear sodomy from nomadic noiser and performance painter of all things strange and wrong, Dental Work. A fifty four minute cut up madness using all that are not an instrumentalist's dream. This guy is the triple six of the midwesterners. Not to be crossed. A must have for fans of Realicide, Sobotnik, and depression..."

“Rostov's Breakthrough of a Multitextured Turbulent Forcefield is so fucking good!!! Best work yet! AND Best samples ever!!!”

-Endometrium Cuntplow - Los Angeles, CA

“As is the case with his previous efforts, Watson's first half is a chaotic whirlwind of gritty beats, abstract samples, and experimental textures. Reading over his gargantuan list of instruments (which include everything from a Super NES to a switchblade, as well as piles of music-related electronics), it becomes obvious that sometimes he tries to pack too many things into too few tracks. Still, his wild, improvised freak-outs make for a titillating experience in avant-garde hometaper sound - something akin to the kid-in-a-playroom possibilities seen in early cassette releases. “

“Limited to 100 copies and in swell CDR format, this brief split disc pits breakcore wizard Mochipet (né David Wang) against the DIY noise-techno outlet Dental Work (né Jay Watson). Mochipet, whose resume includes an album on Tigerbeat6 sublabel Violent Turd, is the more polished of the two. His "Barack Obama" - a breakbeat pummelling of classical Chinese music - is done to perfection, neatly carving up a pretty instrumental melody. Meanwhile, his "Hilary Clinton" is more abstract, while "John McCain" rocks like a Republican. On the other end of things, Dental Work comes from a more lo-fi angle, and his tracks are a bit less mathematical in complexity - and considerably weirder. His second track (I can't make out the title) merges weird electronic drone with spastic beats to create an altogether bizarre three minutes, while quaint "Fuck John McCain" is the sound of a Nintendo game being gutted and draped over the walls of an 8-bit slaughterhouse. Mochipet's more traditional breakcore might be the main draw here, but Dental Work's weird sonic experiments are worth a look in their own right.”

“Dental Work's Jay Watson is the man behind extreme CDR label Placenta Recordings, a very interesting lo-fi imprint that has amassed a hefty discography since its inception in 2006. Frequent collaborators with Dutch net-label Dadaist Audio, Placenta and Dental Work are based out of the small town of Beulah, Michigan (pop. 363) - a humble location for such a bizarre act. Feline AIDS Epidemic is a strange and noisy experience, melding drilling electronic rhythms, dissonant digital noise, and assorted samples into a brief but powerful adventure. The whole thing has a gritty, recycled texture to it, although as might be discerned from the crude crayon drawings on the cover, it is often quite light-hearted. Especially enjoyable is "Video Kitten," a collaboration with 8-Bit Jellyfish that sounds something like life inside a malfunctioning pinball machine. Also noteworthy are vaguely schmaltzy "Reconstructive Surgery" and high-throttle fragment "Onyx." Of course the CDR isn't uniformly great, but diehard experimental noise and sound collage fans should find this disc whimsically delicious.”

"I still admire how you do cassette tapes. I remember on a segment of "Brave New Waves" on Radio 1 way back, they had the guy that had the last minidisc only label.... I still have a cassette in my other ride so I cant wait to hear what you've been up to Jay."

-Rob Messerschmidt - Detroit, MI 2012

“The sound of “Dental Work” reminds me of every aspect of the term. The pre-appointment anxiety, the muffled high of the laughing gas, the precision injection of chemicals and their face numbing narcotic effect, the endless drilling of bone fragment, the ripping reality of extraction, flowing blood, weightless delirium, the post-surgical re-assembly stitching, the endless painful recovery.”

“That is noise. There is no harmonic relationship between any of the sounds...Not to say it's good or bad...just a lot of noise. Not really my thing...but hey, if kids will put it through their speakers and it pisses their parents off...then you might be onto something here.”

“The latest efforts of Iamdeadsmiles58, Dental Work, and Tooth_Eye. A smash of grind vocals, breakcore aesthetics, and noise leanings make up this split. Dental Work starts it off with a 6 minute voyage through rough noise psychedelia and the break beat ghosts of the dubstep "movement". Iamdeadsmiles58 comes through as if he fed Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to a pregnant Anal Cunt and the miscarried result was transformed into audio waves. Tooth_eye lends amen break beat madness to the final track.”

- Tooth_Eye - Chicago, IL

“Received my package today, thank you so much man. Going to listen to the stuff later, I've never gotten so much free stuff before, haha thanks a lot!”

“Hashish and Raw Meat is an album that was recorded across the United States. It contains to live sets and two tracks are collaborations. This album is a fantastic example of Jay Watson's Dental Work project. Dental Work is a mash of harsh noise, turn tableism, glitch, breakcore, and anything else that happens to emerge from the unique psyche that is Jay Watson. You dig through the waves of harsh noise wall to find dirt covered gems, samples of 80s soul and rock n roll, hip hop that just won't stop and horses that go clip clop clip clop. Ive had the honor to play with Dental Work many times now, every appearance, every audience is not dissapointed.”

-MAGICORE Blog - Chicago, IL

Placenta Recordings is DECIBEL MAGAZINE #85‘s “Label Of The Month Part 2:” “AHHHHHHHHHH! Hey, it wouldn’t be a noise column without a shout out to a tiny prolific label big on fucked-up porn collage cover art and harsh headfucking lunacy, right? Right. That’s where Placenta Recordings comes in and mainman Jay Watson’s Dental Work project, and the four zillion releases and splits that he has vomited out in a few short years. This is for the ugly people. You know who you are. Perhaps start with the live Boron Nuzzle/Dental Work/Cock E.S.P. CD. That oughta hit the grimy spot. The list of collaborators on Jay’s label is a who’s-who of what the fuck, and decidedly not safe for work. You might even forget to GO to work after you listen to some of this shit. You’ve been warned. If you send THIS dude money, he’ll probably include you on a new release. He’s up for anything. Recommended for cheap thrill seekers covered in homemade tattoos who wear their sisters used tampons for earrings.”

- Scott Seward (Decibel Magazine #85)

“Thanks to Jay and Placenta for doing this and helping get some of this old bullshit back out into circulation. And thanks to everyone else who has joined me on this ride.”

“Got my 2nd package and it was amazing. A FB comment cant do the film justice its an amazing piece of work.”

- Eric Linares (I Killed Techno!) Corpus Christi, Texas

"My package came in the mail and I am pleasantly surprised by not only how quickly it came once shipped, but also by the extras! I am very impressed and happy with my order and the customer service. Thanks Watson!"

- Matthew Corvus Canis (Corvid Canine) (Georgia)

"Hello Jay! Today I get the packages. These are awesome my split & yours. Thank for your time. I am waiting your coming to Japan! Thank you again! Best regards."

“I received the package with nice releases I didn’t expect so many copies of my Odal releases maybe I can make some new friends with it also thanks for the other stuff I like the covers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)”

- Peter Zincken, Odal - The Netherlands

"We received your pack!! THANKS A LOT, for the "extras" too!! We hope to collaborate with you in the future, maybe for other trades or for coproduction! KEEP IN TOUCH! Cheers and all the best!"

- Alice e Mario Murderabilia Records, Italy

“Hello, Jay! Yesterday, I just received your parcel !! I am very very pleased that you finished K2 4CDRs set !!! I love them. And you send your items. I will enjoy them. Thank you very much. Take care and keep in touch ! Best wishes”

- K2, - Japan

“Hey buddy I'm pretty into this Dental Work stuff if you wanted me to do a co-host on GK. Your artwork is fuckin' amazing so I'm really looking forward to this shit being just completely bezerk”

“Totally just had sex to “K Chai Flan And Z Lysergic Supremas”. Figured you should know.”

-Gino Settimo (Bruxism) - Fenton, MI, USA

“Yeah Jay you can start working on a follow up now if you want hahahaha this shit is so great”

-J. Randall - Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Grindcore Karaoke

"Today I get to see my good buddy Jay Watson produce noise out of old contraptions while he squirts black

mayonnaise all over himself in a yellow raincoat. Sorry DEMF, but Dental Work has you beat."

-Zack Wood, Bruxism - Fenton, MI

"My friend, received your package...it's all so awesome...thanks too much also for the gifts...your stickers are now on

my car, packaging of our split also is so great....I'll give to some friends your card address ;))) it is really nice...

I really love everything you sent me...thanks again..."

- Solimano Mutti/TSIDMZ - Livorno, Italy

"You remind me of the old garbage lady on Labyrinth!"

-Andria Simcox, Traverse City, MI

"Hey Dr. Watson, got the package today. Thanks for all the xtra goodies! I dig the artwork/cases/overall feeling of lunacy and care very much. Just wanted to say thanks for getting it to me so quick and for all the kool stuff."

-Ray Rodriguez - Ohio, U.S.A.

“The Bruxism eps and our split with Faction Disaster (FxDx) came in, the only cool thing that has happened today. Thanks to Jay and Placenta Recordings and FxDx”

“Hey, man. How are you? I got CDs today. They look so awesome. Thank you so much! Also, I have some news about Slovenia Noise Fest. I will perform there. I just wait for a details. It's a big festival so I will spread a word about your record label. I think more than 30 noise acts will perform at that event. Thank you so much for CDs! All the best!”

- Djordje (Raven) Serbia, 2012

"Hello Jay. Thank you deeply for your package which arrived today. Thanks again and i'm also happy to be a part of your label's family ^_^ Take care & All the best."

-Thomas Havales (Otomo Hava) Greece

“Jay my friend, BIG congrats to you! I'm proud to say, I knew him when... (LOL) Happy to see hard work pay off. You've never veered from your path. It's go to see, what goes around, comes around. Much success to you! Your proof that if you believe in something and continue to do all of the necessary work, eventually you'll reap the rewards and this is a big-time reward…”

-Christophe Gilmore - FluiD - Chicago, IL

"Thanks Jay. Awesome event and awesome music. I had no idea we had a label such as yours around here. Amazing."

-James Henderson, WNMC, Traverse City, MI

"Thanks again for doing MSF dude, I had a fucking blast. I'm making a little video comp of the bands that played, I'll make sure I send it your way. You can definitely expect my attendance next year!"

- Nick Erickson, Consumption - Marquette, MI

"Hello Jay many thanks for the package with stuff, I'm really happy that I found it in my mailbox! Last wednesday I played all the Dental Work I got in my radioprogramm Stront on broadcast Patapoe and if you want me to do it again , I ll do it again! I'll send you stuff back maybe it take some time but I ll do and will make even an an other Odal work for your label if you like your label is the fucking best of all ! All the best Peter."

-Peter Zincken, Odal/Stront Records - The Netherlands 2013

“Thank you very, very much! Really a nice artwork, we love it, a great release!”

- Mama Baer & Kommissar Hjuler - Flensburg, Germany 2012

"Perhaps this is what aliens hear when they tune into an earth broadcast from outer space – brief snippets of songs interrupted by volumes of interference. It’s a bit like slowly scanning the dial of a shortwave radio, trying to reach that transmission, but just missing it every time."

“This is the way history happens. The way you’re impacting the whole local experimental scene is tremendous. From Placenta Recordings fame, to Dental Work's performances across the country, to the magnitude of home-state events like Mental Spaghetti Fest! This family is the best. Biological family is amazing as well, but Placenta truly understands. We all want love and friendship; for ourselves and everyone else. That's the beauty of it, and that spans beyond music and art. That spans into the very roots of humanity. Placenta love is the strongest love, because the whole placenta family loves so strongly. As it grows bigger, our collective pool of love grows as well. It's the tightest shit ever.”